How to prevent cerebral palsy in premature babies?

Cerebral palsy is a relatively common brain disease, which is more common in children, especially premature babies, who are more prone to various abnormalities in the brain. At this time, family members still need to be aware of it in time. Once they feel that their children have some abnormal behaviors or phenomena, they must inform the doctor in time and do a good job of treatment as soon as possible after the diagnosis. So how to prevent cerebral palsy in premature babies?

Cerebral palsy of premature infants refers to a syndrome caused by non-progressive brain damage that occurs from conception to the neonatal or infant period. The main manifestations are central movement disorders and abnormal postures, and there are often varying degrees of intellectual disabilities, vision, hearing, language, behavior, emotion, and psychological disorders. Among premature infants, the high-risk factors for cerebral palsy are also related to cardiopulmonary diseases, sepsis, hyponatremia, maternal nutrition and infection. There are many causes of cerebral palsy in premature infants. Any harmful factors in the three months before birth that affect the normal formation of the fetal brain can lead to cerebral palsy.

Before birth

1. Implement premarital health care: provide guidance on sexual hygiene, fertility and genetic diseases to men and women who are preparing to get married; provide consultation on issues such as marriage and fertility, conduct medical examinations on diseases that may affect marriage and fertility for both men and women, and provide medical advice.

2. Take good care of yourself during pregnancy: regular prenatal check-ups; increase nutrition; prevent the occurrence of infectious diseases, etc.

Perinatal period

1. Avoid premature birth and low birth weight babies.

2. Prevent suffocation and intracranial hemorrhage.

3. Prevent and treat hyperbilirubinemia.

After birth

1. Prevent the occurrence of infectious diseases:

(1) Implement hospital delivery.

(2) Pay attention to protecting the newborn’s skin.

(3) Keep the newborn’s umbilical cord dry and clean.

(4) Closely observe the progression of jaundice.

(5) Pay attention to the anterior fontanelle.

(6) Practice breastfeeding.

2. Prevent the occurrence of febrile convulsions.

3. Treat lumbar puncture correctly: Lumbar puncture extracts a small amount of cerebrospinal fluid for examination to understand the nature and condition of the disease, provide a basis for correct diagnosis and treatment, and thus reduce the occurrence of sequelae of intracranial diseases. To this end, parents should cooperate closely and be jointly responsible for the health of their children.

The above introduction is very clear about how to prevent cerebral palsy in premature infants. It can be said that many protective measures and treatments need to be taken seriously. Children with cerebral palsy should not only receive professional and systematic treatment, but also be aware of the importance of rehabilitation training so that they can return to normal life as soon as possible.